Incorrect date, venue in vaccination certificate: Ker HC directs enquiry by DMO

The incorrect date and venue of the second vaccine dose in a COVID vaccination certificate prompted the Kerala High Court on Thursday to order an inquiry to ascertain whether it was a genuine mistake or some mischief.

Justice P V Kunhikrishnan said if the incorrect details in the certificate were due to mischief, then stringent action needs to be taken against the officials involved.

The court directed the District Medical Officer of Ernakulam to carry out the inquiry as the venue of the second jab was a vaccination center there according to the certificate.

It said that if it was a mistake, then it was understandable and a new certificate can be issued with corrections.

''However, if it was otherwise, if there is some mischief, then stringent action be taken against the officials concerned,'' the court said and listed the matter after a week.

The court was hearing a plea by one K P John, moved through advocates C Dileep and Anushka Vijayakumar, alleging falsification of details in the vaccination certificate.

Vijayakumar told the court that her client received the first dose in March and the second in April, both from a vaccination center in Aluva, and had never gone to Ernakulam for a jab.

However, when the vaccination certificate was made available in July, it showed that the second dose was administered in July and that too at a vaccination certificate in Ernakulam.

The petitioner has also claimed that a letter was sent to the DMO of Ernakulam and a legal notice was sent to the hospital there where the vaccination center was located for making corrections in the certificate, but nothing was done to date and therefore, the instant petition was filed.

The petitioner has also sought the issuance of a corrected vaccination certificate.

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